The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Postmodernism No other idea from the humanities had so massive, if murky, an influence. What was Postmodernism? In the 35 years since Fredric Jameson’s New Left Review essay “Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism” —...
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El concepto de meritocracia bajo fuego cruzado
Opinion The Meritocracy Is Under Siege Are we merely reproducing privilege or is there something to salvage in the system we have now? By Thomas B, June 12, 2019 The debate over meritocracy has been intensifying. Is it a good thing? A bad thing? Do we want it or don’t...
Examen de ingreso (SAT) a universidades de EEUU y nuevo factor de adversidad
JEFFERSON, ADAMS, AND THE SAT’S NEW ADVERSITY FACTOR By Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker Today, May 23, 2019 Most discussions of admissions to élite colleges are built around the idea that, somewhere around the next bend and soon to make itself apparent, is the right...
Descuentos por aranceles en las universidades de los EEUU
Discount Rates Hit Record Highs For first time, rates for freshmen at private colleges top 50 percent. By Marjorie Valbrun May 10, 2019 A national study of college tuition discount rates has found that private colleges and universities offered incoming freshmen...
Mujeres economistas
Finance and economics Women in economics #EconomistsToo WASHINGTON, DC, March 23, 2019 A dispiriting survey—and our own investigations—demonstrated the poor treatment of female economists in America’s universities “Why is this an interesting question?” Éva Nagypál,...
Escándalo en admisión de universidades de élite en USA
ADMISSIONS & STUDENT AID Justice Dept. Charges Dozens in Admissions Bribery Scheme Involving Elite Colleges By Andy Thomason MARCH 12, 2019 The U.S. Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. Dozens of people, from famous actors to college coaches and...
Una ola (más) de resentimiento frente a los docentes
Why Donald Trump Jr.’s ‘loser teachers’ comment was ‘a chilling moment’ for educators around the world By Valerie Strauss, February 16, 2019 © 1996-2019 The Washington Post You may recall that President Trump held a border wall rally in El Paso on Monday and that his...
Racionamiento de creditos estudiantiles en países seleccionados
View as Webpage Rationing Loans February 8th, 2019 - Alex Usher While student loans are cheaper (and hence more commonly used) than grants, they still cost money, both in terms of interest subsidies and in terms of loan losses through loan defaults. As a result,...
Créditos estudiantiles funcionan, Alex Usher
Loans Work February 5th, 2019 - Alex Usher If you spend any time looking at student aid research, you’ll be struck by how much empirical evidence there is on the effectiveness of grants (or, more broadly, “changes in net tuition”), and how little there is in terms...
Educación técnica superior en EEUU: desarrollos y desafíos
What Works in Career and Technical Education (CTE)? A Review of Evidence and Suggested Policy Direction FEBRUARY 4, 2019 • ANN HUFF STEVENS https://www.aspeninstitute.org/ Ann Huff Stevens, Deputy Director of the Center for Poverty Research, Professor of...
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¿Por qué los graduados no están “listos para el mundo laboral”?
En todos los continentes, los sistemas de educación superior se enfrentan a una contradicción cada vez más evidente....
Educar en la era de la IA
José Joaquin Brunner, 7 de junio de 2026 León XIV ha publicado su primera encíclica, Magnifica Humanitas, que aborda...
Entrevista: Tensiones, desafíos y nuevas exigencias en la Universidad
Entrevista con José Manuel Rodríguez, día 2 de junio de 2026, sobre tensiones, desafíos y nuevas exigencias en la...